EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1986 NO. 22
Issued by the authority of the Justices of the High Court of Australia
AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGH COURT RULES
The Second Schedule to the High Court Rules specifies the amount which solicitors, who are subject to the Rules, are entitled to charge and be allowed on taxation by the Taxing Officer of the Court in respect of the various steps taken during the course of proceedings in the High Court. The amounts in the scale were last varied by Statutory Rules No. 263 of 1983, made on 25 October 1983 and operative from 8 November 1983.
The Federal Costs Advisory Committee in its report to the Justices dated 30 December 1985 recommended an increase of 12.07% to the solicitors’ costs set out in the Second Schedule.
The Court has agreed to the recommendation of the Committee and the attached rule has the effect of increasing each of the specified items in the Second Schedule by 12.07% rounded off to the nearest ten cents.